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striated between eyes, the sculpture being, however, variable, eyes 
rather prominent ; rostrum subcylindrical, rather stout, evidently punc- 
tured, but somewhat shining in front ; antenne inserted just before 
middle of rostrum; thorax distinctly longer than bread, parallel- 
sided and cylindrical, diffusely finely and minutely punctured, with 
a dorsal furrow before scutellum, which is variable in length and 
breadth; elytra obovate, with strong catenulately punctured suleate 
striz, interstices convex ; legs black, robust. L. 21-31 mm. 
Male with the rostrum slightly curved, one and a half times as long 
as the thorax; female with the rostrum twice as long as thorax. 
On Lotus major, L. corniculatus and Orobus; often found in moss in winter ; 
local, but not uncommon where it occurs; Shirley, Caterham, Mickleham, Coombe 
Wood, Chatham, Whitstable, Dartford, Sheerness, Maidstone, Horsell, Claygate, 
Dorking, Gravesend, &.; Littlington, near Cambridge ; Ashwicken; Hertford ; Isle 
of Wight; Exeter; Gloucester; Hopwas Wood, Tamworth ; Trench Woods; York- 
shire; Wallasey, Cheshire ; Walton says that he has taken it plentifully on Zotus 
major in June and July in several places in the north and south of England. 
Group 16. 
Species small, black, without pubescence, rostrum long and slender, 
Jemora pitchy at apex ( probably on a leguminous plant). 
A. filirostre, Kirby (morio, Germ.). A small, rather shining, 
black, glabrous species ; head finely striate between eyes, which are not 
prominent; rostrum long, filiform, slightly curved, somewhat dilated at 
the insertion of the antenne, finely punctured; antenne inserted near 
middle, slender ; thorax a little longer than broad, distinctly but rather 
finely and not very deeply punctured, with a short and fine fovea or 
siria before scutellum which is punctiform ; elytra rather convex but 
depressed towards base, rounded at sides and widened in middle, with 
broad and rather deep punctured striz, and slightly convex shagreened 
interstices ; legs rather long and slender, female sometimes with a broad 
testaceous ring at the apex of the anterior femora. L. 13-21 mm. 
Male with the rostrum longer than in female 
Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping low plants ; occasionally found in moss; it 
probably lives on a leguminous plant; local and not common; Mickleham, Cater- 
ham, Warlingham, Reigate, Dorking, Birch Wood, Charlton, Dartford, Chatham, 
Riddlesdown, near Croydon, Bushey, Rusper, near Maidstone, &¢.; Arundel; Brighton; 
Exeter ; Suffolk ; Trench Woods, Bromsgrove. 
Group 17. 
Black, pubescent, species, very slrongly dilated behind, pear-shaped (on 
Jurze and broom). 
A. striatum, Kirby (atratulum, Germ.). Short and broad, much 
dilated behind, black, dull, clothed with fine greyish pubescence ; head 
rather broad, rugosely punctate between eyes, vertex with a smooth 
